[Biographical sketches];

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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 35
William P. Bickett
Born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 21, 1873;
educated in private schools; miscellaneous
banking and accounting experience; joined
Haskins & Sells organization December 23,
1901; appointed manager Chicago office
March 1, 1913; member of firm June 1,
1918 ; certified public accountant under the
laws of Missouri and Oklahoma; member
of the American Institute of Accountants;
president Illinois Society of Public Account­ants
; member Chicago Association of Com­merce,
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, and Foreign Trade Com­mission.
Arthur H . Carter
Born Hillsboro, Kansas, January 6,
1884; educated at the Marion Kansas High
School, Braden's School, Highland Falls,
New York, and the United States Military
Academy, graduating from the latter in
1905; served in the United States Army
from 1905 to 1915; engaged in civil pur­suits
until April, 1917, when he offered his
services to the government and was made a
major in the ordnance department; ap­pointed
lieutenant colonel January, 1918,
and in A p r i l was promoted to colonel of
ordnance; in July, 1918, he was appointed
a colonel of field artillery, and subsequent­ly
assigned to duty as commandant of the
Field Artillery, Central Officers' Training
School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ken­tucky;
organized and conducted this school
with great success, and received the distin­guished
service medal; joined the Haskins
& Sells organization April 1, 1919; head
of the Department of Organization and
Expansion.
Sarah I. Bolles
Educated in grammar schools of Brook­lyn
and in Northfield Seminary; special
courses New York Preparatory School and
Columbia University; after one year's ex­perience
engaged by Haskins & Sells, No­vember,
1900, as a typist in the Report De­partment;
successively stenographer, M r .
Sells' private secretary, secretary for the
firm, and head of the Secretarial Depart­ment.
John R. Wildman
Born Yonkers, New York, March 15,
1878; educated public schools, Yale Uni­versity,
New York University; degrees
Sc.B., B.C.S. (cum laude), M.C.S.; mem­ber
Delta M u Delta Scholarship Society;
accounting prize, New York University;
served in Spanish-American War in U . S.
and Porto Rico, and in operations incident
to American organization in Porto Rico
1898-1900; government disbursing officer's
clerk and disbursing officer 1900-1905;
manager, Porto Rican Teachers' Expedi­tion
to the United States, 1904; member
Haskins & Sells New York staff 1905-
1909; instructor and professor of account­ing
New York University since 1909; cer­tified
public accountant, New York; direc­tor,
New York State Society Certified Pub­lic
Accountants; member, American In­stitute
of Accountants, American Economic
Association, American Statistical Associa­tion,
American Association of University
Instructors in Accounting, National Asso­ciation
of Cost Accountants; director of
professional training, Haskins & Sells, since
January 15, 1918 ; member of firm of Has­kins
& Sells since December 1, 1918.
Edmund C. Gause
Born Wilmington, Delaware, July 22,
1873; educated in the private schools of
Wilmington, and at Pennington Seminary,
Pennington, N . J . ; business and accounting
experience in connection with lumber com­panies,
ship-building, car-building, engine-building,
blast furnaces and railroads; for
three years instructor in the University of
Pittsburgh, School of Economics, Accounts
and Finance; certified public accountant un­der
the laws of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mis­souri,
Colorado and Oklahoma; member
of the C. P. A . societies of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Missouri and Illinois; American
Institute of Accountants; Military Order